Congratulations to DeVar Dahl and Karen Briggs , the winners of our Kigo section and to Zhanna P. Rader, winner of our Free Format section!
November 2006 Results
Kigo Theme:
Autumn Light
First Place -- 19 pts
autumn light--
the smell of tomato vines
on my fingers
DeVar
(2,4,5) = 19 pts
*Racing to beat the first frost, were we? A great image for gardeners.
taking a bow
in the late autumn light
sunflowers
Karen Briggs
(1,3,10) = 19 pts
Second Place -- 14 pts
autumn light --
the onyx heron
turn to amber
-- Karen Cesar
(0,5,4) = 14 pts
autumn light ...
squeak of an empty swing
in the breeze
Boris Nazansky
(0,4,6) = 14 pts
Third Place -- 11 pts
the hair
between the cat's toes
autumn light
---Autumn Moon
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
a dew drop
full
of autumn light
Helge Torvund
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
Fourth Place -- 10 pts
autumn light --
shadows reach new places
on the stream
Andria Plowman
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
autumn light –
the silence
of the moon
il.balan
(0,4,2) = 10 pts
autumn light . . .
polishing the brass
candlesticks
Susan Constable
(0,4,2) = 10 pts
Sixth Place -- 9 pts
autumn light--
the florist's window
flush with roses
aom (tim)
(1,2,2) = 9 pts
autumn light ~
silver
in my daughter's hair
Paul Hodder
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
a white sail
at the far shore
autumn light
Bill Kenney
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
the crease
when she smiles
autumn light
-Deborah P Kolodji
(0,3,3) = 9 pts
Seventh Place -- 8 pts
autumn light
redness of the bougainvilleas
softened
Bill Hudson
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
autumn light
shivering
in the sunshine
Shanna
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
Eighth Place -- 7 pts
autumn light --
i too grow dim
and wait for spring
miriam chaikin
(1,2,0) = 7 pts
autumn light
the red in her hair
electric
Meredith
(1,1,2) = 7 pts
autumn light--
in the spiders web
a moth's struggle
Gillena
(1,1,2) = 7 pts
autumn light -
white shows at the roots
of her auburn hair
Laurene
(1,1,2) = 7 pts
* I liked the way this poem connected the idea of a woman's auburn red hair turning white in the autumn of her life with snow and a pile of autumn leaves. It seemed very earthy and moving.
autumn light-
on bare corn fields
the cranes land
Leslie Montgomery
(1,0,4) = 7 pts
autumn light
fire cracking through
a pile of leaves
john tiong chunghoo
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
autumn light
the cobweb is still
colorless
Jul
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
autumn light -
entering the room
without knocking
max verhart
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
fading autumn light -
an egret stands one-legged
at the dark lake's edge
Johannes Manjrekar
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
Ninth Place -- 6 pts
autumn light –-
the rustle of leaves
ready to fall
Marylouise Knight
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
fading autumn light
walking in the tracks
of last week's hayride
April Serock
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
Autumn light --
yellow-leafed aspens
mirrored in the lake
Zhanna P. Rader
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
autumn light...
the backyard maple
as old as our child
Roberta Beary
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
the look
in father's cloudy eyes;
autumn light
--Irene Golas
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
autumn light:
face in shades of gold
as she brings the oil lamp
Kala Ramesh
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
naked trees beg
for a warm green blanket
autumn light
Nalini Hebbar
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
autumn light
slim shadows
stripe the plains
Terry Ingram
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
Tenth Place -- 5 pts
evening walk -
my grandmother's smile in
the autumn light
Jim Swift
(1,1,0) = 5 pts
Through the bare branches
pieces of starry sky-
autumn light
Don Basilio
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
late autumn light
through bare branches
the owl's hoot
Kate Creighton
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
dusk falls
we continue our picnic
under autumn light
Betty Kaplan
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
the gravedigger's
five o'clock shadow
autumn light
tom painting
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
Eleventh Place -- 4 pts
ripe autumn light
setting into the sea
silence of the soul
D.V. Rozic
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
Golden leaves,
silver-barked tree-
autumn light
Vasile Moldovan
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
autumn light
the dream between
a sleep and a sleep
Suzume
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
autumn light -
wave after wave crash
on the exposed reef
Bruce H. Feingold
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
taking a book
from a dusty shelf...
autumn light
Polona
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
autumn light
the frost kissed rose
still glows
Soji
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
autumn twilight -
the flash
of a snowbird's tail
Don Holt
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
autumn light -
is that ice
on the puddle?
--Aalix Roake
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Twelfth Place -- 3 pts
Japanese maple
autumn light
dry leaves curl inward
yoshitaka
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
still forest pool
slowly darkening in the
fading autumn light
--Senile Butterfly
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
Only autumn light
lingers again on the leaves…
nobody on the bench
Magdalena Dale
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
Autumn light
shows through bare maples,
mottled birds.
Trevor CAMP
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
eyes looking upward
under yellow foliage
enjoying autumn light
emile molhuysen
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
autumn light—
a pelican dives
into the shallows
doris kasson
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
* pure picture, but the suggestions go on and on.
autumn light--
a squirrel selects from
the last apples
-- LGD
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
autumn light
the eyes of a doe shine
in my face
Darrell Byrd
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
autumn light
the homeless man wrapped
in spider silk
Petar Tchouhov
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
shards
of autumn light
puddle ice
Ann K. Schwader
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Free Format Theme:
Bedtime
First Place -- 30 pts
bedtime -
a yawn travels
around the room
Zhanna P. Rader
(1,9,9) = 30 pts
Second Place -- 17 pts
bedtime-
she asks if her doll can stay
awake a little longer
Kala Ramesh
(1,5,4) = 17 pts
Third Place -- 16 pts
bedtime:
even the moon snuggles
under a cloud
--Karen Cesar
(3,1,5) = 16 pts
bedtime . . .
a half-moon cradles
the crow's nest
sheila windsor
(1,5,3) = 16 pts
bedtime
the cat already sprawled
where my feet should go
Beverley George
(1,5,3) = 16 pts
bedtime
the book she knows
by heart
tom painting
(0,6,4) = 16 pts
Fourth Place -- 15 pts
bedtime
his hand
in mine
Roberta Beary
(0,5,5) = 15 pts
Fifth Place -- 14 pts
bedtime story
the last sentence
silently
Jul
(1,3,6) = 14 pts
* not the concept, as in most of the poems on this overworked subject, but the moment itself.
Sixth Place -- 11 pts
bedtime --
mosquitoes on the ceiling
waiting till I sleep
Cornelia
(2,1,3) = 11 pts
bedtime
the next chapter
by flashlight
-- ushi
(0,4,3) = 11 pts
bedtime ~
I sing a lullaby
down the phone
Paul Hodder
(0,3,5) = 11 pts
Seventh Place -- 10 pts
bedtime story -
the moon disappears
into a cloud
il.balan
(1,1,5) = 10 pts
bedtime --
the man in the mirror
wishes me goodnight
max verhart
(0,3,4) = 10 pts
Eighth Place -- 8 pts
bedtime...
flashlight monsters dance
on the bedroom wall
pris campbell
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
bedtime
my to-do list
mostly undone
Susan Constable
(0,3,2) = 8 pts
Ninth Place -- 7 pts
Icy bed:
moving the pillow
closer to hers
R.K.Singh
(1,2,0) = 7 pts
bedtime --
still repeating the speech
for tomorrow
Jure
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
bedtime
another night of romance
on television
Carmel Lively Westerman*
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
widowhood
dreading his empty space
at bedtime
Meredith
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
Tenth Place -- 6 pts
long past bedtime
the silence absorbs
a lone bird's call
Johannes Manjrekar
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
bedtime--
a lullaby
between storms
Darrell Lindsey
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
above my pillow
a spider on the wall --
bedtime
Marylouise Knight
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
bedtime
a cricket bounces
off the door
Martin
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
winter stars
this house only settles
at bedtime
Marie Summers
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
Thanksgiving night
the children wake grandpa
for a bedtime story
Soji
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
bedtime . . .
just a drop
in her cocoa
Ann K. Schwader
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
bedtime
two cats curl
between us
Beth Powell
(0,3,0) = 6 pts
Eleventh Place -- 5 pts
Love story
without end...
bedtime
Don Basilio
(1,1,0) = 5 pts
My old pillow
is alone again-
bedtime
Vasile Moldovan
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
bedtime
from behind the closed door
smothered giggles
doris kasson
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
Twelfth Place -- 4 pts
bedtime --
praying he did not forget
the puppy
ANA CADARIN
((0,2,0) = 4 pts
bedtime
for him and his
wooden legs
Dusko Matas
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
a long night --
the dead poets under
my bedside lamp
Tom
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
at bedtime
blown leaves tick
at the pane
Terry Ingram
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
bedtime...
and the aftertaste
of the late news
--Irene Golas
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
bedtime story ...
your moon
or mine?
Ella Wagemakers
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
bedtime story
father fell asleep
before the end
Maria Kowal
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 3 pts
he reads
one more bedtime story
for the third time
Karen Briggs
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Bedtime--
only a frantic fly
shares the room
Aalix Roake
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
bedtime --
jasmine over the window
more fragrant
Jacek
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
an empty bottle
and a nodding head . . .
bedtime
shane gilreath
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
leaping
into a pile of leaves --
Mom calls, "bedtime!"
-- LGD
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
midwatch coffee
the sound of a boatswains pipe
at bedtime
Darrell Byrd
(0,1,1) = 3 pts